Contact
us today to see about scheduling an inspection of your property and see how we
can help you stop all the noise and mess as well as the possible slip & fall
dangers or health hazards associated with pest
birds that may be roosting or nesting on any of your properties.

Bird & Pigeon Control or
Exclusion Spike

Pigeon and large bird spike has been
around for a long time, some people use to call it porcupine wire since the
ends of the spike was sharpened to a point thinking pigeons couldn't walk on
it.

Today most bird spike has a dull end and
the bird spike works on the principal that the length of the spike will keep
the pigeons off of the spike if they can't touch the base and the spike is
hitting them in the body.

One draw back to using bird spike is that
smaller birds like sparrows and cactus wrens can and will build their nests
in the spike, so remember bird spike will not deter smaller birds.

Bird
spike comes in a number of
different styles to fit all sorts of ledges and build outs of building and
other structures. Stainless steel spikes are the best for long lasting use,
they are not sharp, but are long enough that pigeons and other larger birds
can't stand on them.

Plastic bird spike
came out as a cheaper alternative to stainless steel spike but this product
doesn't hold up in Arizona or Nevada temperatures and gets brittle and
breaks. The spikes themselves are also wider and that allows pigeons to hold
onto the spike and start to build a nest in them.

Gutter spike can be installed inside the gutters to keep pigeons and
birds from sitting on the edges and pooping over the sides or if done right
can prevent some types of birds from nesting inside the gutters themselves.

Bird spike is a very good product if used the correct
way, used wrong and the birds will be able to nest on top of the spike.

A good example is using bird spike to keep away birds
from a section of a roof, if the birds can walk right up to the spike they
just lean over and drop twigs and such into the spike and then build their
nest on that, then the customer will call and say the spike doesn't work -
bird spike is a ledge deterrent not a flat surface deterrent

Bird spike must hang over the edges of the ledges that
it will be installed on so that when the bird is flying up to the ledge they
bump into the spike.

You can leave no more than about 1/2" gap behind the
spike and wall or the birds may be able to get in back of the spike and
start to build a nest.

Wide ledges or parapet walls need to have several rows
of bird spike installed on them to keep the birds of of the entire ledge.

Call us today for any of your bird or bee control questions and problems